| We support individual
volunteers and groups
to take action at
home, at
work, at
school, and in
our community... |
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| Contact us on 826 4276
for more information on
the projects below. |
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| Clean
Stream Waitakere |
Community
Projects | EcoWise
Community Awards |
| Operation
Spring Clean | Trees
for Babies | War
on Weeds |
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| Clean
Stream Waitakere
was established by Keep
Waitakere Beautiful Trust
in 1996 in partnership
with Waitakere
City Council to promote
community involvement
in the restoration and
enhancement of streams
in Waitakere City. The
programme continues to
provide a wide range of
people with the skills,
knowledge and resources
to be involved in stream
restoration. |
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| Keep Waitakere Beautiful
Trust encourages Clean
Stream Waitakere volunteers
to adopt an area of a
stream, creating a greater
sense of ownership. Volunteers
are taught the importance
of stream health and are
actively involved with
removing litter, inorganic
rubbish and noxious weeds,
replanting banks with
natives, and ongoing maintenance.
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| Community
Projects In partnership
with Waitakere City Council,
Keep Waitakere Beautiful
Trust provides funding
toward community projects
within Waitakere City
that promote litter and
waste reduction, tree
planting, re-vegetation,
and similar initiatives.
Applications for grant
funding may be made at
any time. Grant funding
is typically up to $300
in value, and depends
on the volume of applications
received. |
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| EcoWise
Community Awards
The awards celebrate and
honour residents of Waitakere
City who show a commitment
to beautifying their city,
and care for their environment
through volunteer action
and pride. |
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| Any resident of Waitakere
City may enter the EcoWise
Community Awards on their
own behalf, or by nominating
another party. Nominations
are welcome at any time,
and the awards event is
held in November. |
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| Download
an EcoWise Awards Nomination |
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| Operation
Spring Clean is
an annual event that aims
to increase awareness
about waste in the environment.
It encourages schools,
service organisations,
sports clubs, church and
community groups, businesses
and individuals to take
an active role in cleaning
up the environment. |
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| Keep Waitakere Beautiful
Trust provides rubbish
bags, gloves, jumbo bins
and disposal to anyone
registering a clean up
on public land. |
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| Operation Spring Clean
2009 will be held from
1 September to 17 October.
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| Download
an Operation Spring Clean
Registration |
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| Trees
for Babies In May
each year, family and
friends are invited by
Keep Waitakere Beautiful
Trust to celebrate the
birth of their new baby
by planting a native tree
in a local reserve. |
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| The project is delivered
in partnership with Waitakere
City Council and Plunket
and a personalised invitation
is sent to all babies
registered with Plunket
in the year prior to the
planting event. Four neighbourhood
parks, one in each of
the four city wards, are
selected for a grove of
'baby trees'. |
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| At each event, families
are given a planting demonstration
and educated on the importance
of trees in the urban
environment. Free entertainment
is provided including
clowns, a bouncy castle
and face painters. Every
baby attending is presented
with a 'new citizen' certificate.
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| Parks are selected with
the guidance of the council
arborist and in consultation
with the four community
boards. Parks are chosen
to enhance a public area,
and to encourage families
to visit and utilise their
local park more often.
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| Trees
for Babies 2009 - Photos |
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| War
on Weeds encourages
local residents to remove
invasive weeds from their
property, to reduce the
amount of illegal dumping
of weeds and to increase
general awareness of invasive
plant pests and their
threat to native bush.
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| The
Nine Nasties These
pest plants are a major
threat to Waitakere's
native bush:
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| Ginger Plant - Blue
Morning Glory - Japanese
Honeysuckle - Climbing
Asparagus - Jasmine -
Moth Plant - Plectranthus
- Smilax - Tradescantia
(Wandering Jew) |
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| Help
rid Waitakere City of
these fast spreading invaders!
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| If you are having difficulty
identifying any of these
invasive weeds, please
visit the Weedbusters
website. |
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| War
on Weeds Bags Keep
Waitakere Beautiful Trust
can supply Waitakere City
households with 10 biodegradable
bags per year, for them
to fill with environmental
weeds from their properties.
This service is provided
free of charge and includes
collection of the bags
from your property once
they are full. |
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| This project is run
with the support of the
support of Waitakere
City Council, Auckland
Regional Council and
WeedFree Trust. WeedFree
offers advice on weed
removal methods and suggestions
on native plants for replanting.
All weeds are deposited
at the Waitakere
City Council Transfer
Station. |
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